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Otero County, New Mexico, United States

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Details for Otero County

NameOtero County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
New Mexico, United States
County SeatAlamogordo
Coordinates
Latitude 32.5334311 32° 32' 00.4" N
Longitude -105.7671995 105° 46' 01.9" W
Population51,928
Elevation1,825 m
Surrounding CountiesLincoln N
Chaves NE
Eddy E
Culberson (Texas) SE
Hudspeth (Texas) S
El Paso (Texas) SW
Sierra NW
Doña Ana NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID929104
Histopolis Place ID633944362
Updated Apr 16, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Otero County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1947 (9 Sep 2009)

Otero County, New Mexico NM, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Otero County, New Mexico NM, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=17916 (19 Nov 2008)

Otero County by Gloria B. Mayfield - Cemeteries of New Mexico [Cemeteries of Texas]
http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/NewMexico/Otero/ListOtero.html (10 Apr 2007)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > New Mexico > Otero County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > New Mexico > Otero County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NM/Otero/cem/ (24 Aug 2006)

The Political Graveyard: Otero County, N.M. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/OT.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Otero County, NMGenWeb Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/otero/otero.htm (22 Jan 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Otero County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=17916&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (21 Dec 2008)

Otero County, New Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otero_County,_New_Mexico (28 Jul 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > New Mexico > Otero County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > New Mexico > Otero County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NM/Otero/ (27 Feb 2010)
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Surveys in Otero County

1 Survey, 18 Ranges, 202 Townships

The New Mexico Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Otero County. You can navigate to any of the 202 survey townships that overlap Otero County using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Otero County

1 City, 2 Villages, 63 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
Alamogordo (city)AlamorosaAlvaradoApache
AvisBentBlazers MillBoles Acres
Brice (historical u.p.)CarrizoChippeway ParkCienega (historical u.p.)
Cloudcroft (village)Corner WellCox Canyon (historical u.p.)Crisp
Crow Flats (historical u.p.)Culbertsons Sawmill (historical u.p.)Dog Canyon EstatesDunes
ElwoodFelix (historical u.p.)Glade (historical u.p.)High Rolls
Hilton (historical u.p.)Holmes Mines (historical u.p.)HortonvilleKearney
Kells (historical u.p.)La LuzLongwell (historical u.p.)Marcia
MaxonMayhillMescaleroMonista (historical u.p.)
Mountain ParkNewmanOld Wright PlaceOmlee
Opal (historical u.p.)Oran (historical u.p.)OrangeOrogrande
Peñasco (historical u.p.)Pine Spring (historical u.p.)PiñonPoint of Sands
SacramentoSalinasSchellerville (historical u.p.)Silver Springs
Sixteen SpringsSlabtown (historical u.p.)Stelworth (historical u.p.)Temporal (historical u.p.)
Three RiversTimberonTularosa (village)Turquoise
ValmontWeedWest Tularosa (historical u.p.)Whitetail
WimsattWright (historical u.p.)

Cemeteries of Otero County

15 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AvisBassBlazersCienega
JeffersLuskMarciaMayhill
Mescalero IndianMountain AcresPiñonPinon (*)
Sixteen SpringsWaltersWeedWhitetail

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